ailt
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Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Irish alt (“height, cliff”), from Proto-Celtic *altos (compare Welsh allt).
Noun
[edit]ailt f (genitive singular ailte, nominative plural ailteanna)
Declension
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]ailt m
Mutation
[edit]radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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ailt | n-ailt | hailt | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ailt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ailt”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ailt”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 83
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ailt f
- viola (string instrument of the violin family)
- Synonym: ailt-fhidheall
Mutation
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